SNAU STUDENTS AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF UKRAINIAN STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION

At the beginning of December, students of Sumy National Agrarian University attended the General
Assembly of the Ukrainian Students' Association. During the anniversary meeting, the leaders of student
self-government discussed the unification and development of new solutions for the student community
of Ukraine.

Three students represented SNAU: Diana DEREVIANCHENKO, a student of the Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine, Andrii KOLODNENKO, a student of the Faculty of Law, and Denys TRIPOLSKYI, a student of the
Faculty of Economics and Management. According to the students, the event was filled with inspiration,
important discussions and emotions. The concept of the meeting involved constant communication with
each other and with the speakers. Students had the opportunity to talk to: Oksen LISOVYI – Minister of
Education and Science of Ukraine, Serhiy BABAK – Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on
Education, Science and Innovation, Andriі BUTENKO – Chairman of the National Agency for Quality
Assurance in Education, Olha BUDNYK – Advisor to the Presidential Commissioner for the Presidential
Foundation for Support of Education, Oksana MATIIASH, Head of the Board of the NGO ‘Teach for
Ukraine’, Bohdan FERENES, Founder and Head of the NGO ‘SD Platform’, NGO ‘Progressive’, and Ivanna
HAVLIUK, PR & Communications of Oleksander TEREN and the MUR project.

According to Andrii KOLODENKO, working with such proactive students is always exciting:
“Our impressions are simply incredible, we had the opportunity to communicate with high-ranking
officials of the country and ask them important questions. We saw a contemporary band called Mur,
and learnt a lot of interesting information about them. We also listened to the life story of Oleksander
TEREN, which impressed me a lot and motivates me to develop. I have great impressions, it was very
interesting and informative.”

In addition, the participants were organised to work in groups to find ideas. Each idea, each voice of the
participants became part of a large dialogue about national consciousness.